THE OGONI CASE REVISITED: SHOULD CORPORATIONS, LIKES STATES, BEAR OBLIGATIONS TO RESPECT & PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS?

Tinomudaishe Chinyoka

doi:10.21671/rdufms.v3i2.5162

Tinomudaishe Chinyoka University of Pretoria

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21671/rdufms.v3i2.5162

Resumo

Given the role, power and influnce that multi-national corporations weild, it is time that international law made them subjects of international human rights law, with obligations to respect and protect human rights in pari passu with states. With reference to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights case of The Social and Economic Rights Action Centre and the Centre for Economic, and Social Rights v Nigeria, Communication 155/96, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (2001) AHRLR 60, this articles examines the case for making multi-national corporations accountable for human rights violations.

Biografia do Autor

Tinomudaishe Chinyoka, University of Pretoria

LLD Candidate, University of Pretoria

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